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Race and Social Class
The relationship between race and class remains one of the most hotly debated issues in todays society. The modern society is increasingly multicultural because of increased globalization. Race and class have attracted the concerns of many stakeholders including professionals across different disciplines, policymakers, and the public. This comes at a time when racism is still a major issue in society despite the numerous efforts undertaken in the fight against racial prejudice and discrimination. The United States has had a long and uncomfortable history of class conflicts and tensions with race relations. The long-standing issues relating to race relations and class conflicts are indicators of the strong link that exists between race and social class.
Generally, race and social class are intimately intertwined despite being usually unrecognized (Hirschberg & Hirschberg, p.178). According to the American Psychological Association, recent studies have shown that an individuals social class and status are influenced by race and ethnicity with respect to stratification (par, 3). Stratification is used to group communities along socio-economic lines since people live in a multicultural or cross-cultural society. As todays society comprises people from different racial or cultural backgrounds, race and ethnicity play a critical role in segregating people into different groups and determining their social class. Communities living in a particular society are segregated by race...…race and social class, which indicates a strong link between these two social constructs (par, 2).
Moreover, social class membership is sometimes considered in terms of race. According to Weeks & Lupfer, social class membership is influenced by various factors, particularly race (p.972). For example, lower-class African Americans are classified by race, unlike their middle-class counterparts who are classified by social class or socioeconomic status. This implies that social class and race are used as social constructs for the social categorization of people. Consequently, these social constructs have an intersection in terms of the social inequalities associated with them. Race and social class are linked to discrimination and marginalization that have served as impediments…
Works Cited
American Psychological Association. “Ethnic and Racial Minorities & Socioeconomic Status.” American Psychological Association, American Psychological Association, July 2017, www.apa.org/pi/ses/resources/publications/minorities.
Hirschberg, Stuart, and Terry Hirschberg. One World, Many Cultures. Pearson, 2018.
Weeks, Matthew, and Michael B. Lupfer. “Complicating Race: The Relationship between Prejudice, Race, and Social Class Categorizations.” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, vol. 30, no. 8, 2004, pp. 972–984., doi:10.1177/0146167204264751.
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